Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pinkney, 1407? North Monroe Street, have announced the
engagement of their daughter Florence to James Holt Lambert, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Lambert, the wedding to take place on the evening of October 15. Miss
Pinkney has asked Miss Celia Johnson to be her maid of honor, and Charles K.
Lambert will be the best man. The bridegroom-to-be is a prominent young business
man holding the office of secretary for the Peoria Casket Company. (Peoria
Journal, Sunday, Sep. 21, 1913, submitted by Janine Crandell)

The marriage of Miss Marjorie
Louise McCoy to Charles Logan Lane is announced by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Bayne of Akron, Ohio. The ceremony was performed at 5:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, February 20, 1943, at the Calvary Baptist church in Akron.

Miss McCoy's father, Corporal Leonard McCoy secured a
furlough from his duties at Camp Crowder, Mo., to attend the wedding.

The bride, a graduate of the Akron High school, has
been, employed in that city. (Peoria Journal Transcript,
Feb. 25, 1943, data compiled by Mrs. Smallberger,
submitted by June Schlager)

The marriage of Miss Hazel Dickson, for which invitations were issued the past
week, to Philip Temple Matthews, is set for the evening of Monday, October 6, in
the home of Mrs. W. D. Dickson, 1454? Knoxville Avenue. Miss Dickson will have
her sister, Miss Nina Dickson, as maid of honor, and Mrs. Sidney Condit of
Chicago will be matron of honor. Miss Elise Triebel and Miss Frances Avery will
be her bridesmaids. Sidney Condit will serve as best man. December 1 is the at
home date in Chillicothe. (Peoria Journal, Sunday, Sep. 21,
1913, submitted by Janine Crandell)

The marriage of Walter McAllister, Jr., of this
city, to Miss Clara W. Will, of Lacon, was celebrated at Peoria on the 7th
Inst., "Where there's a will, there's a way." We wish the young couple all
possible happiness. (Chillicothe Bulletin, Aug. 29, 1884, submitted by Janine Crandell)

Miss Dorothy Callery and John
McMullen Are United in Marriage December 26 (1956)

Poinsettias and Christmas red for attendant’s dresses set the
holiday note for the wedding of Miss Dorothy Callery and John McMullen Wednesday
morning, December 26, in St. Mary’s of the Woods Catholic Church in Princeville.
Vows between the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Callery and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest McMullen of Peoria were exchanged as Rev. Ralph Gates read the
double ring ceremony. Organist was Mrs. Marguerite Harmon.

Wedding guests who later at the reception at Vonachen’s Junction
in Peoria their best wishes to the newlyweds, were seated by Grant McMullen of
Peoria, brother of the groom, and Gene Callery, brother of the bride, the
ushers, Charles Skillman of Peoria served his friend as best man.

Miss Callery chose a gown of imported French lace and misty
nylon tulle over satin fro her wedding dress. The molder lace bodice was
re-embroidered in velvet outlining the pattern of sculptures French lace, as
were her long sleeves. The full skirt of tille over stain and starched net to
give added bouffance and important detail of velvet embroidered lace in a
bouquet design, ended in a whisper train. Her veil of English illusion of
fingertip length was held in place by a crown of seed pearls. She carried a
white orchid.

Attendants, Mrs. Mary Witting of Davenport, the bride’s sister
as matron of honor and Mr. Marjorie DuBois, the bride’s other attendant, carried
bouquets of white carnations with their Christmas red velvet dresses. The
dresses were fashioned with square cut necklines with small pert velvet bows and
waist to neckline in the back and one velvet bow in front. The sleeves were
bracelet length and circular shirts were waltz length. Their headdresses were
double bands of matching velvet.

Following the nuptial service a breakfast was served to the
wedding party in the home of Mrs. Jane Callery, aunt of the bride.

After a wedding trip to New Orleans, the newly married couple
will be at home t their friends and relatives at 519 E. Melbourne, Peoria. Mr.
McMullen was graduated from Woodruff high school in Peoria and from Bradley
University and is employed in the finance department at LaTourneau-Westinghouse
in Peoria. He completed a two-year tour of duty with the U. S. Army.

The new Mrs. McMullen, a grade school teacher on the
Wilder-Waite faculty, is a graduate of Princeville high school and Bradley
University. She also attended Marycrest College.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gray entertained
company of young people last Saturday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Miller. Charlie stole a march on his friends about two weeks ago by quietly
going away and getting married. His bride was Miss Hazel Kemper of Maquon.
Charles is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Miller, is a young man of
sterling worth who has a host of friends who wish for Mr. and Mrs. Miller a
long, happy and prosperous life.

The marriage of Mrs. Lucille McGinnis West of Princeville to Ray
Montgomery of Laura, Il. was ? on Wednesday, Sept. 20, in an early morning
ceremony at the Methodist Church of Princeville. The Rev. J. C. Craine performed
the double ring service. The couple will make their home in Princeville.

At a very beautiful and impressive candlelight service at
four o’clock Christmas afternoon Miss Alice L. Keller became the bride of John
W. Matthews at the country home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilder H.
Keller just northwest of Princeville, Rev. J. C. Craine, pastor of the
Princeville M. E. church officiated at the ceremony, which was witnessed by
members of the immediate families and close friends.

The young couple was attended by Miss Eleanor Matthews of
Princeville, sister of the groom and Gene Keller of Princeville, brother of the
bride.

The happy young couple expects to make their home in Shaboona,
Ill.

The bride is a graduate of Princeville high school and also
attended Normal State University at Normal, Ill. The past several years she has
been a very successful teacher in the rural schools of the Princeville
community.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mathews of
Princeville and is a graduate of Princeville high school and the University of
Illinois. He is now employed as agricultural instructor in the Community high
school at Shaboona, Ill.

The marriage of Miss Helen E. Buck and Edmond Lauber occurred
Saturday, March 16 at 3 p. m., at the Methodist parsonage in Princeville, Rev.
A. H. Nothdurft officiating. The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Merrifield of Peoria; Mrs. Merrifield is a sister of the bride.

A reception was held at the home of the bride’s sister Mrs.
Leroy Dailey.

The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Buck and a
graduate of Princeville Community High School. The groom attended high school at
Brimfield.

It was a happy company of about half a hundred people that
gathered at the pleasant farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Leaverton near
Monica, to witness the marriage of their daughter, Gertrude, to Arthur E.
Mendell, at noon on Christmas day.

Mr. and Mrs. Mendell left here on Tuesday, Jan 1, for an
extended visit with relatives and friends in Kansas and Iowa. They will occupy
the Henry Weber farm residence one mile north and four miles west of Princeville
and Mr. Mendell will farm other land in that vicinity.

Announcements have been received of the marriage of Miss Sadie
M. Gelling to Mr. Bernard W. Miller on Thursday, July 27th. The wedding was
a very quiet one, only being witnessed by a few relatives, but it terminates a
romance of several years, the young people having been schoolmates.

Miss Gelling is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gelling of
Monica and is a charming

accomplished young lady being a graduate of Villa De Chantel of
Rock Island, Ill. and a gifted musician.

The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Miller of
Wyoming and is an industrious young farmer, a graduated of Brown’s Business
College and formerly held a position of bookkeeper for the Illinois Tunnel
Company of Chicago.

Miss Edith Streitmatter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Steitmatter of near Speer, Ill., became the bride of Eli B. Martin, son of Mrs.
Marie Martin of Princeville, Sunday after January 21, at 2 o’clock at a ceremony
at the Apostolic Christian church in Princeville, the Rev. Schubert of Peoria
officiating.

The bride was attended by Miss Hilda Martin of Princeville,
sister of the groom and the best man was Ben Haurer of Peoria.

The bride is a graduated of Princeville High school and for the
past several years has been employed in Peoria. The groom is a promising farmer
of this community. They will take up housekeeping on the Truitt farm northeast
of Princeville.

Wilbur A. Mendell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Mendell of
Princeville and Miss Letha F. Stevenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royal L.
Stevenson of East Peoria, were united in marriage, Saturday afternoon, February
3 at 3o0’clock at the Baptist parsonage in Chillicothe, the pastor, Rev. George
F. Bennett, reading the single ring ceremony. The couple was attended by Gerald
Williams of Princeville and Miss Hazel Keeley of Chillicothe.

A wedding dinner in honor of the newlyweds was served at the
home of the groom’s grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Leaverton near Monica.

The groom graduated for Princeville High school with the class
f1937. The bride attended the local high school. She was recently employed at
the Proctor Recreation Center in Peoria.

Mr. and Mrs. Mendell will reside in East Peoria, where the groom
has been employed at the Caterpillar Tractor Company since his graduation from
high school.

A lovely bride of November 3 was Miss Dorothy Miller daughter of
Fred Miller and the late Maude W. Miller, as she exchanged her marriage vows
with George E, McCartney of Sparland in the Methodist church in Princeville
Sunday. Rev. Richard Mader officiated.

Mrs. Shirley Clark was matron of honor for her sister. The
bride’s attendants were Mrs. Beverly Boswell of Lacon and Miss Carolyn Webber of
Sparland.

Gerald Hoskins of Sparland was the best man and James Miller of
Peoria and William Bryden of Sparland were ushers.

Kathy Kelly, niece of the groom was the little flower girl.
Timmy Daily was the ring bearer.

Julius Lauber and Lucille Theobold chose St. Valentine’s Day on
which to exchange marriage vows, which were read by the Rev. Charles Smith at
the Methodist parsonage in Princeville in the midst of twelve members of the
couple’s immediate families.

The bride is the daughter of Joseph Theobold of near Monica and
the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Theobold, also of Monica. A home
had already been furnished there and Julius will continue to farm in partnership
with father in the Monica vicinity.

In
a ceremony performed Saturday morning at nine o’clock in St. Edward’s church in
Chillicothe, Miss Marie Hawley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hawley of
Chillicothe and formerly of Wyoming, became the bride of Francis Lauber, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lauber of Monica.

She chose as her maid of honor Rose Mary Johnson. Her junior
maid was her sister Patty Hawley.

Sandra and Diana Lauber, nieces of the groom, were the flower
girls.

The best man was Pat Harmon of Princeville. Ushers were Bob
Hawley, Jerry Hawley, Frank Sturm and Berne Schubert.

The bride attended Princeville Community high school and Brown’s
Business college and is now employed at the Koch Concrete Block Company in
Princeville.

The groom attended Princeville Community high school and the
University of Illinois. He is now employed by the Santa Fe railroad.

First Presbyterian church was the setting of the ceremony, which
united Miss Geraldine Bryant and, 126 Randolph St., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Bryant, Valparaiso, Ind., and Charles J. Meyers 1217 W. Armstrong Ave., at
1:30 p.m. Oct 29. The Rev Robert A. Bielenberg officiated.

Matron of honor for her sister-in-law was Francis Bryant of
Vestal, N.Y. Best man for his brother-in-law was Eugene Charles Merkle of Nile,
Ohio. Ushers were Francis Bryant, Vestal, N. Y., Sam Deeds and Giles E. Keithley.

The former Miss Bryant is a graduate of Purdue University. Mr.
Meyers attended Peoria schools and Morgan Park Military Academy. They will
reside at 126 Randolph St.

Sunday afternoon, June 15, was the wedding date of Miss
Carol Darlene Bush of Peoria to James Kruse Larson of Iowa City, Iowa, at the
First Methodist church chapel.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Rose Mary Bush.

Mrs. Donald A. Bush of Beardstown was her matron of honor. Bruce
Knowles, from Iowa City was best man. Don A. Bush gave his sister in marriage.

The former Miss Bush took a business course at Dickinson
Business College and for the past six year has been employed at the Burkhart
Photo Studio.

Mr. Larson, a resident of Iowa City, Iowa, spent one year at
Great Lakes Naval Training Center and was s student at the State University of
Iowa, before entering the navy. He is now finishing his schooling at the same
university in Iowa City, where they plan to make their home.

A delightful surprise was in store for the members of the
Gigolette Club when they met at the Tip Toe Inn in Peoria for a dinner party
Tuesday evening. At that time announcement was made of the marriage of Miss Ruth
Mendenhall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Mendenhall, and Paul Lottman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lottman of Brimfield.

The ceremony was performed in the rectory do St .Nicholas church
in Kahoka, Missouri by the Rev. Fr. Purcell last Saturday morning at 10 o’clock.

Mrs. Lottman is a graduate of the Brimfield high school class of
1934 and attended Dickerson’s business college in Peoria. For the past four
years she has been employed by the Peoria Merchants’ association.

The groom is a graduate of Brimfield high, class of 1933. He was
employed by the Bell Telephone company in Peoria until he was inducted into the
army. He is stationed at Ft. Custer, Michigan, but will be in Louisiana for the
next month of maneuvers.

They will be at home to their many friends in their new home in
Brimfield on completion of his defense training.

Lt. Robert F. Miller, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Miller
of Laura, and Miss Helen Bloen, daughter of Mr. Ralph Bloen of Los Angeles,
Cal., were married in a double wedding ceremony June 23 at Las Vegas, Nev. The
ceremony also united in marriage Lt. F. L. Sawin of Chicago and Miss Lois Brown
of Denver.

After a week’s honeymoon at Sequoia Park, the couple are a home
in Long Beach, where the groom is stationed as a ferry pilot in the navy air
corps.

At the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Bert Rice, Wednesday evening, July 1,
Edward McMaster and Leona Partridge were untied in the holy bonds of matrimony,
the Rev. Velander performing the ceremony. Only a few of the nearest relatives
and friends were present. The young people were attended by Grace Albright and
Lloyd Turl.

The groom is one of the most popular men of our country, highly esteemed by all,
while the bride is the youngest daughter of J. Partridge, of the Smithville and
is an accomplished young lady with the sweet disposition and worthy of her many
friends. The many friends extend the congratulations.

Wed on May 12, at 11 a.m. in the Christian Assembly, were Miss
Erma Fesser, daughter of Walter Fesser of Peoria Heights and Gerald McMullen son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kingsley of Garden St. The Rev. R. L. Goode officiated.

Miss Feeser’s single attendant was Miss Delores Berger wore a
blue dress and white hat. Art Athen was best man for Mr. McMullen.

After a southern wedding trip, the couple will reside in
Northcrest Ave.

Mrs. McMullen is a Woodruff high school graduate and her husband
was graduated form Manual Training high school.

William Henry McCartney and Miss Martha Catton were united
in marriage at La Prairie, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 17, 1898. After a short
visit with the bride's relatives at that place they returned to Brimfield
where they have been busy receiving the congratulations of their friends.
they will make their home on the Austin farm, on the west side, the coming
year, where Mr. McCartney will be employed.

Miss Ona
Fritz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fritz and Jacob Otto Menold, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Menold, were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock by the Rev Lee H. Smith at the Presbyterian manse. They were
attended by Miss Katherine Menold, sister of the groom and Lee Fritz,
brother of the bride.

After graduation from Princeville high school the
bride attended Peoria School of Beauty Culture and on completion of the
course she held positions in Peoria and Lewistown. At present she is a
student at Dickinson’s business college in Peoria.

The groom has been in
connection with Kraft’s Bakery of Princeville and the Glen Oak bakery in
Peoria. Until his recent enlistment in the army he was employed at
Caterpillar. He expects to be called into active services at an early date.

Miss Kay McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. McGee of
Mt. Pulaski, was married to John F. Morrissey, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Morrissey, Saturday June 19 at St. Bernard’s church.

Miss Rita McGee, sister of the bride, acted as maid of
honor.

The bridegroom’s brother, Paul Morrissey, served as best man
and ushering were James Scherer and Robert Morrissey.

Mrs. Morrissey is a graduate of Mt. Pulaski high school and
St. John’s School of Nursing. She is employed by the Visiting Nurses
association. The bridegroom is a graduate of Woodruff high school, served 3
years in the Army and is now associated with his father in business.